The Lagos State government has confirmed that one body was recovered from the rubble of the collapsed building at 1st Avenue, Banana Island of the state.
The Commissioner for Information and Strategy of the state, Gbenga Omotosho in a statement said the deceased was an adult male who was hitherto unavvounted fit by site supervisors.
The statement read in part: “One body has been recovered from the rubble of the collapsed building at 1st Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi.
“Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) workers’ search and recovery efforts unearthed the remains of the adult male hitherto unaccounted for by site supervisors.
“The excavation of the site, using the architectural designs, continues.
“The site has been divided into quadrants for a painstaking search and rescue operation. Quadrants 2 and 3 have been levelled to ground zero, with the search operation completed. Quadrant 4 is ongoing.”
PunchMetro had reported that construction workers were performing their daily tasks in the building that had been under construction for months when it suddenly caved in around 4.58pm on Wednesday.
At least seven persons were recovered from the rubble.
The state government has ordered that all development projects in the highbrow area be placed on hold.
The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement on Thursday, said the process was to ensure that a comprehensive audit was done by officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency.
